The Okinawa Well-being Promotion Council, a general incorporated association (Representative Director: Takahide Asato | Naha City, Okinawa), held the "1st Okinawa Wellbeing Conference: 'Imagining Okinawa's Future 10 Years After the SDGs'" on Sunday, March 13, 2022, at the Ryukyu Shimpo Hall. (Co-hosted by: Ryukyu Shimpo | Supported by: Okinawa Television Broadcasting)
Event Website:
https://wellbeing.okinawa/conference220313/
Opening Remarks
Yuka Shimada (Director of Human Resources and General Affairs, Unilever Japan Holdings / Co-founder & CEO, YeeY Inc. / Member, Council for Promotion of Administrative Reform, Cabinet Secretariat / Director, PCW Okinawa)
Takahide Asato (President & CEO, Simba Holdings Co., Ltd. / Representative Director, PCW Okinawa)
Congratulatory Address
Mikiko Shiroma, Mayor of Naha City (Read by Deputy Mayor Satoru Chinen)
Mr. Sachio Kuwae, President of the Okinawa Mayors Association and Mayor of Okinawa City
Mr. Satoshi Miyazato, President of the Okinawa Town and Village Mayors Association and Mayor of Zamami Village
Mr. Kageharu Koja, Chairman of the Okinawa Southern Wide-Area Administrative Association and Mayor of Nanjo City
Public Sector Keynote
Wellbeing in the Public Sector
Masaaki Waki (Director of Kanagawa Prefecture, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, in charge of Future Strategy / Founder of Yonna-na Kai / Committee Member, PCW Okinawa)
Okinawa Public Sector Panel
Okinawa's Wellbeing Led by the Public Sector
Takahide Asato (President & CEO, Simba Holdings Co., Ltd. / Representative Director, PCW Okinawa)
Tetsuji Matsumoto (Mayor of Urasoe City, Okinawa Prefecture)
Shuhei Higashi (Mayor of Shijonawate City, Osaka Prefecture)
Masaaki Waki (Director of Kanagawa Prefecture, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, in charge of Future Strategy / Founder of Yonna-na Kai / Committee Member, PCW Okinawa)
Takuo Yoshihiro (Director of New Business Planning, Center for Regional Revitalization / Regional Revitalization Evangelist, Cabinet Secretariat / Regional Empowerment Advisor, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications / Committee Member, PCW Okinawa)
Business Panel
Wellbeing of People and Businesses
Yuka Shimada (Director of Human Resources and General Affairs, Unilever Japan Holdings / Co-founder & CEO, YeeY Inc. / Member, Council for Promotion of Administrative Reform, Cabinet Secretariat / Director, PCW Okinawa)
Yasuyuki Genda (Head of Human Resources Division, SoftBank Corp. / General Manager, Organizational HR Division / Head of Future Talent Development Office / Secretary General, Masayoshi Son Foundation / Director, PCW Okinawa)
Kazuo Yano (Fellow, Hitachi Ltd. / CEO, Happiness Planet Inc. / Director, PCW Okinawa)
Technology Keynote
Data Science of Happiness
Kazuo Yano (Fellow, Hitachi Ltd. / CEO, Happiness Planet Inc. / Director, PCW Okinawa)
Okinawa Business Panel
Wellbeing in Okinawa Driven by Businesses
Takahide Asato (President & CEO, Simba Holdings Co., Ltd. / Representative Director, PCW Okinawa)
Yuka Shimada (Director of Human Resources and General Affairs, Unilever Japan Holdings / Co-founder & CEO, YeeY Inc. / Member, Council for Promotion of Administrative Reform, Cabinet Secretariat / Director, PCW Okinawa)
Kazuo Yano (Fellow, Hitachi Ltd. / CEO, Happiness Planet Inc. / Director, PCW Okinawa)
Social Panel
Wellbeing and Social Action
Yuji Yazawa (Representative, GIVENESS INTERNATIONAL / Co-founder, YeeY Inc. / Founder, Oneness Foundation / Japan Director, Colombo Plan GCCC, an intergovernmental organization aligned with the UN / Director, PCW Okinawa)
Shu Kawashima (Associate Professor, Faculty of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture / Representative, Japan Wellbeing Horse Therapy & Horse Coaching Association / Director, PCW Okinawa)
Yuki Takahashi (Vice President, Bears Inc. / Chairperson, Japan Association of Housekeeping Service Providers / Outside Director, Tokyo Kiraboshi Financial Group / Director, PCW Okinawa)
Chikao Ikeda (Co-representative, CHIKAKEN Bamboo Light Production / Representative, Everyone's Dream Fire Project / Director, PCW Okinawa)
Academic Keynote
The Science of Wellbeing
Takashi Maeno (Professor, Graduate School of System Design and Management, Keio University / Director, Keio University Wellbeing Research Center / Director, PCW Okinawa)
Closing Remarks
Yuki Takahashi (Vice President, Bears Inc. / Chairperson, Japan Association of Housekeeping Service Providers / Outside Director, Tokyo Kiraboshi Financial Group / Director, PCW Okinawa)